AP - Vita Contemporanea (part 1)

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Abbattimento

cutting down, lowering

addestrarsi

to train, practice

addetto alla clientela

customer service clerk

aderire

join

alimentari

food

ordine del giorno

agenda

alluvione

flood

ampio

wide

analfabeta

illiterate

antizanzare

against mosquitoes

appostarsi

to lie in wait

approccio

approach, method

appronfondire

to deepen

argine

bank, embankment

astenersi

to abstain, refrain

autogrill

highway rest stop

autorevole

authoritative, influential

avvicendarsi

to alternate; to take turns

aziendale

corporate

bancone

counter, bar

bighellonare

to fidget

cacciare

to hunt

casomai

in case, if

censimento

census

censire

to register

cinquantina

about fifty

circondare

to surround

commilitone

comrade

concezione

idea, notion

condiscendenza

patronizing attitude

consentire

to allow

conservare

to conserve

consuetudine

custom; habit

controllare di volo

air traffic controller

cordalità

friendliness

cornetto

frozen ice-cream cone

corteo

parade

darsi da fare

to get busy

datore di lavoro

employer

dimostrare

to demonstrate

dimostrazione

demonstration, protest

divario

gap, difference

elevare

to raise

emeroteca

newspaper and periodical library